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' cityof St. Louis and the State of h-issouri,

wurm semsgorlnoms.,

To all .whom it concern:

Be it known tiat I, lVxLnlAM G2583', a citizen lof the United States,re'sidin-v 1n ,the

have invented a new'and useful Improvement in Glare-Protectors, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact specification, reference beinghad to the inzconfpany-v inv drawings, which form a part -thereof.

lily invention relates to ldevies-'s for use on automobiles and othervehicles to'- protect the driver thereof 'from the lare oflights carriedby ap .reaching vehic es, such as auton'iobiles.z1xi l)`s1;reet cars,When-.drivinor at night, and against the glare of the sun wzlien drivingduring the day. y

The obj-ect of my invention is to provide a simple, cheap, device thatcan be used by the driver of an automobile when driving at night toprotect himself -from the lare of the lights of approaching anto'mobies, and which by a sim lle adjustment may be ada-pted to rotect tiedriver of the auto-mobile from t e glare of the sun Whendriving late inthe afternoon x'vhenthe son is low and the l automobile is going in sucha direction that the sun shines in t e eyes of the dri-ver.

My invention is fullyv shown in the ac companying drawings, wheresimilar characters. are .1i-sed to .designate similar'par-S,

Figure l shows thede'vice mo'untedon the steering post of an automobile-and'in posi- Ation for night driving; Fig. 2 isl a view of the glareprotector adjusted for night driving; Fig. -3 is a view ,of theprotector adjusted for day driving; and Fig. 4 is a View.v showingdetails of construction.y

Referring to the figures,` A is a body hav ing a centrall with an area aA.ove it which is opa-que, and having,a lso, a second area below itwhich is 'sf-.=ri-opa que' and, preferably, of an amber or green color.Wheirin position fornight drivinggas shown in F l and 2 the opaqueareais,a b ove the transparent area, While the semi-opaque area is below'the transparent area. I prefer to have the opa-que area 'exp tendingalso downwardly to the left of the transparent area as shownin Figs. 1vand 2. That isthe opaque area, preferably, bounds the transparent areaon. the Aupper -and the left-sides when the dei/ice is in position for:iight driving, and the semi-opaque area lies Speeionti one!i LettenEstone position'.

disposed transparent area;

'The body A is preferably made of a circular form so esto admit of easyadjustment. B

is a binding :of metal around the outer ed' of thevbody A, and -which isprovided wt a stop C. is a-holder in which the bod A' shape in crosssection as shown in Fi and which vis attached'to the rod E W ichi ,imienten lingue, 1919.; rumena :um :1m14.191s zum 1re-uuic', l

is rnounteA and which is, preferably, o U- v forms 'a part of thesupport for theholder.' y'

The lower half of the body D is cut awa to form the channel F in whichthe stop is adapted to move. G is a friction screw by which the body Amay be held in any desired position in the holder D. The rod E e visslidablymou'nted inthe tube liz-which has at its upper end the clamp Iby' means of which the rod mai)Y be held in any adjusted Atv its owerend the tube H is provided witha universal joint K by means 'o-which-.itis connected to the clamp L which is adapted to be mounted on-the'steeriingvfost M of the steering, wheel N.

ing, that is tosay when it is desired toju it as al protection ,againstthe glare of lights 80 'en the'deviee is used forv night driw v ofapproachingv vehicles, the friction screw the position show-n. in Fig.2, the stop C being then in eontaetfwith the upper'left end of thechannel F. Then the AScrew G is 'lneof sight of the drirerpasses throughthe transparent partvo the body A, and 95.

the' opaque lpart of the said body extends substantially horizontallyabove .the normal line of .sight and vertically Aontlie; left of saidnormal line of sight; When in' ythis s'i-ti-omthe semi-opaque area of'the 'bodyA vl1.00" s lies below the normalline of sight of the driver.When the driver sees approaching` him a vehicle having a "leringheadlight, he being on the right side of the road, is

able` to interpos'e between his eyes and the 105 light ofthe-approaehing vehicle the o' aque area of the body v'so as. to protecthimself from the glare of the approaching light, while at thesame time4he is able to-see .the

.G is loosened and the body A is turn-ed into l below the trmsparentarea, substantiallyas eyes in .the required `position te protect themfrom the glare ofthe approaching vrn'uchne while still `enabling him toSee the 'ri ht slide* of the road in front. of his cer. YV en the bdrver of the vehicle is driving durin the dayfend .the :glare of the'sunislike y to interfere with his driving, he loosensfthe.

ew G and turns the body :A in the. holderv D from thevposton shown inFig. 2 to that shown in Fi 3, where the semi-opaque part of the bod iesabove the crans arent body. He then a juste, if adjustment e necessary,

' the height of the body A by means of the devices F, H and 1,-so thatthe driver looks through the semi-transparent part of the body A. Thissemi-transparentvpzirt being, as has been expleined, preferably ofen amber or green tint, the glare from the-sunV is minimized to suchan'extent that it does not annoy the driver, while at thesame tirne the.driver is -allowed a suhciently clear new of -theroad in front of hisrnachne. It is evident that, ordlnarly, the adlustment of the height andsidewise position of.

the body A that is suitable'for night driving will be found suitable'for day driving,

and to change the protector from'the adjust-. -V ment required for nightdriving to that re-4 quired for daydriving, or vice versa, it will 80.only be necessary to loosen the screw Gand turn the body A inthe holderD vto' the right position, and then tighten-again the screw G. I donotintend to 'restrict myselfto the 'exact proportions of the :areas onthe body and means w :cured iu adjusted position insuid holder.

In .witness whereof 1 have signed my neme 65 A shown in the drawings nortothe exact `8S t method of 4rmunis-ing the body-in, the holder D orthat of the holder on thesu port, since these may be varied to suit t e'require ments of dierent conditions without' de-v parting fromlthe"vspritof m linventfion. 40

l Whet' I claim es new and desir-em secure by lettere-Patent, is: 1. Aglare protecor comprising a su port;v

substantially cleer'eree et-lthel'middle thereof and ya laghi:misercepting area :at one side' OfQth-cleer eren... i l

g. are roteetor o`rnprisingasu )port n. holdervrred by seid suouort, abody roI '60 :emily mounted inten heer wd having t-,atably mounted nSeid' holder end hnjmg an opaque Aerection' one'A side of thecenterthereo and e eemiopeque aree lon -the opeside of said cener witha, clear urea.

tween said oeque. and semiopaque areas,'

ereby 'seid body may be Se-

